2016 in Books. (**Still working on adding the reviews!)
~~Every link leads to an entry with basic information about the book, my favourite quotes and my review:
~The image I use is the edition I read.
♥♥♥ = Personal favourites I recommend.
NON-FICTION:
♥♥♥ Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Like Shaking Hands With God: A Conversation About Writing by Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ History's Worst Decisions, And the People Who Made Them (Illustrated Edition) by Stephen Weir. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Supernatural Horror in Literature by H. P. Lovecraft. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):
♡♡♡ Introduction. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Prefaces. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Some Personalia About Mr Sherlock Holmes. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Sherlock Holmes on the Screen (8/10):
♡♡♡ Conan Doyle's Speech at the Stoll Convention Dinner. (8.5/10)
♡ Sherlock Holmes Replies (in the person of Eille Norwood). (7.5/10)
FICTION:
~~~Novels:
♥♥♥ I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima. (8/10)
♥♥♥ A Room With a View by E.M. Forster. (9/10)
♥ The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. (6.5/10)
♥ Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. (7.5/10)
♥ Royal Wedding by Meg Cabot. (6.5/10)♧
♥ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. (6/10)
♥♥♥ The Search for Happiness by Charlotte Brontë. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Red and the Black by Stendhal. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Carrie by Stephen King. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. (8.5/10)♧
♥♥♥ Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Shadow Out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks. (8/10)
♥ Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. (7.5/10)
♥ Deenie by Judy Blume. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín. (8/10)
♥♥♥ A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Godfather by Mario Puzo. (8.5/10)♧
♧ --> Part of a series, but the only book from it read this year.
Series and Sequeled Works:
(titles listed here only if other books in the series read in the same year)
♥ The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. (7.5/10)
♥ Legion by William Peter Blatty. (4/10)
♥♥♥ Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10)☁
♥ Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10)
♥ Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery. (7.5/10)**
♥ Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10)
♥ The Blythes Are Quoted by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10)**
♥♥♥ Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. (9/10)
♥ Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott. (7.5/10)
♥ Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out by Louisa May Alcott. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien. (7.5/10)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien. (8.5/10)
♥ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester. (8.5/10)
♥ Hornblower and the Hand of Destiny by C.S. Forester. (7.5/10)**
♥ Hornblower and the Widow McCool by C.S. Forester. (7.5/10)**
♥♥♥ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. (8/10)☁
♥ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling. (8.5/10)
♥ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. (9/10)
♥ The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling. (8.5/10)**
♥ Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp (J.K. Rowling). (7.5/10)
♥ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander (J.K. Rowling). (8.5/10)
♥ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany. (7.5/10)**
♥ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling. (8.5/10)**
♥♥♥ Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne. (9/10)
♥ The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne. (10/10)
♥ Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus. (7.5/10)✖
♥♥♥ The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8.5/10)
♥ The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10)
♥ Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. (3.5/10)
♥ New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. (3/10)
** --> Short stories/plays chronicled here for the purpose of listing series continuity. (Refer to the Short Stories header below for break-down of individual stories.)
☁ --> Not all books in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
✖ --> An authorized sequel.
~~~Short Stories:
♥♥♥ The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick. (8/10):
♡♡♡ Autofac. (8/10)
♡ Service Call. (7.5/10)
♡ Captive Market. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Mold of Yancy. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Minority Report. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Recall Mechanism. (8.5/10)
♡ The Unreconstructed M. (7.5/10)
♡ Explorers We. (7/10)
♡♡♡ War Game. (8/10)
♡♡♡ If There Were No Benny Cemoli. (8.5/10)
♡ Novelty Act. (7.5/10)
♡ Waterspider. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ What the Dead Men Say. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Orpheus with Clay Feet. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ In The Days of Perky Pat. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Oh, To Be a Blobel!. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (7.5/10):
♡ Aunt Cynthia's Persian Cat. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Materializing of Cecil. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Her Father's Daughter. (8.5/10)
♡ Jane's Baby. (7/10)
♡ The Dream-Child. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Brother Who Failed (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Return of Hester. (8/10)
♡ The Little Brown Book of Miss Emily. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Sara's Way. (7.5/10)
♡ The Son of His Mother (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Education of Betty. (7.5/10)
♡ Her Selfless Mood. (7/10)
♡ The Conscience Case of David Bell. (6/10)
♡ Only a Common Fellow. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Tannis of the Flats. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Haunter of the Dark and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft.☁ (8/10):
♡♡♡ Polaris. (8/10)
♡ Celephaïs. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Other Gods. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Shunned House. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Horror of Red Hook. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Pickman's Model. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Strange High House in the Mist. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Colour Out of Space. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The History of the Necronomicon. (9/10)
♥♥♥ In the Bedroom by Andre Dubus (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Killings. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Winter Father. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Rose. (8.5/10)
♡ The Fat Girl. (6/10)
♡ Delivering. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Father's Story. (8/10)
♡ All the Time in the World. (7/10)
♥ Selected Tales and Sketches by Nathaniel Hawthorne (/10):
♡ The Hollow of the Three Hills. (7.5/10)
♡ Sir William Phips. (6/10)
♡ Mrs. Hutchinson. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Wives of the Dead. (7.5/10)
♡ My Kinsman, Major Molineux. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Roger Malvin's Burial. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor (7.5/10): ☁
♡ The Comforts of Home. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Lame Shall Enter First. (8.5/10)
♡ Revelation. (7.5/10)
♡ Parker's Back. (7.5/10)
♡ Judgement Day. (7/10)
♥ Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker: ☁
♡ Travelogue. (7.5)
♡♡♡ Little Curtis. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Sexes. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural (compiled) by Mary Giraudo Beck (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ How Kaka Won Land Otter Power. (7.5/10)
♡ The Challenge. (6/10)
♡ Land Otter Sister. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Revenge. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Dead Man's Bride. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Ldaxin the Skeptic. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Xat and the Feather Kite. (7.5/10)
♡ The Owl Woman. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Love Charm. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Blythes Are Quoted by L.M. Montgomery (8/10): ☼
♡ Some Fools and a Saint. (7.5/10)
♡ An Afternoon with Mr. Jenkins. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Retribution. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Twins Pretend. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Fancy's Fool. (8/10)
♡♡♡ A Dream Comes True. (7.5/10)
♡ Penelope Struts Her Theories. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Reconciliation. (8/10)
♡♡♡ A Cheated Child. (8/10)
♡ Fool's Errand. (6.5/10)
♡ The Pot and the Kettle. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Brother Beware. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Here Comes the Bride. (8/10)
♡♡♡ A Commonplace Woman. (9/10)
♡ The Road to Yesterday. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (8.5/10):
♡♡♡ The Wizard and the Hopping Pot. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Fountain of Fair Fortune. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Warlock's Hairy Heart. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Tale of the Three Brothers. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl. (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Skin. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):☼☁
♡♡♡ The Field Bazaar. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ How Watson Learned the Trick. (8/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Aylmer Vance: Ghost-Seer by Alice & Claude Askew (8/10):☁
♡♡♡ The Fire Unquenchable. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Vampire. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Boy of Blackstock. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Indissoluble Bond. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Fear. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Adrian Mole's Royal Wedding Diary by Sue Townsend. (8/10)
♥ How to Write a Bestseller by Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Haunter of the Dark and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft. (8/10):☁
♡♡♡ The Statement of Randolph Carter. (7.5/10)
♡ The Unnamable. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Silver Key. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick. (8/10):
♡ Stand-By. (7/10)
♡♡♡ What'll We Do with Ragland Park? (7.5/10)
☁ --> Not all stories in the compendium listed, as some have been read in previous years or are still to be finished.
☼ --> Not only short stories included in the compendium, but only short stories listed here.
~~~Plays:
♥♥♥ An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. (9/10)
♥ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee. (7/10)
♥♥♥ All My Sons by Arthur Miller. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):☼☁
♡♡♡ The Stonor Case. (8/10)
♡ The Crown Diamond. (7/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany. (7.5/10)
♥ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling. (8.5/10)
☼ --> Not only plays included in compendium, but only plays listed here.
☁ --> Not all books in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
POETRY:
♥♥♥ The Cat and the Wizard by Dennis Lee and Gillian Johnson. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Blythes Are Quoted by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10): ☼
♡ The Piper. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ I Wish You. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Old Path Round the Shore. (8/10)
♡ Guest Room in the Country. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The New House. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Robin Vespers. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Night. (9/10)
♡ Man and Woman. (7/10)
♡ There is a House I Love. (7/10)
♡ Sea Song. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To a Desired Friend. (8.5/10)
♡ Midsummer Day. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Remembered. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Farewell to an Old Room. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Haunted Room. (8/10)
♡ Song of Winter. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Success. (8/10)
♡ The Gate of Dream. (7/10)
♡♡♡ An Old Face. (7.5/10)
♡ Interlude. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Come, Let Us Go. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A June Day. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Wind of Autumn. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Wild Places. (7.5/10)
♡ For Its Own Sake. (7/10)
♡ The Change. (7/10)
♡♡♡ I know. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Wind. (8/10)
♡ The Bride Dreams. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ May Song. (8/10)
♡ The Parting Soul. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ My House. (8/10)
♡ Memories. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Canadian Twilight. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Oh, We Will Walk with Spring Today. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Grief. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Room. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ I Want. (8/10)
♡ The Pilgrim. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Spring Song. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Aftermath. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde. (10/10)
♥♥♥ Feng, A Poem by John Wain. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Fungi from Yuggoth by H.P. Lovecraft. (9/10)
♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 3 by Various. (7/10): ☼
♡♡♡ Emily the Strange: She Moves in the Dark by Kitty Remington and Buzz Parker. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Classic Poems by Robert Burns. (8.5/10):
♡♡♡ To a Mountain Daisy, on Turning One Down with the Plough. (8.5/10).
♡♡♡ To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Cotter's Saturday Night. (8.5/10)
♡ Address to a Haggis. (7/10)
♡♡♡ To a Louse, on Seeing One on a Lady's Bonnet at Church. (8/10)
♡♡♡ On Seeing a Wounded Hare Limp by Me, which a Fellow had Just Shot. (7.5/10)
♡ Address to the Tooth-ache. (6.5/10)
♡ Address to the Deil. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Tam o' Shanter, A Tale. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Address to the Unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous. (8/10)
♡ Holy Willie's Prayer. (7.5/10)
♡ Epitaph on Holy Willie. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Address to Edinburgh. (9.5/10)
♡ Mary Morison. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Ae Fond Kiss. (8/10)
♡♡♡ My Luve is like a Red, Red Rose. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Sweet Afton. (8.5/10)
♡ John Anderson My Jo. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Highland Mary. (8/10)
♡ The Banks o' Doon. (7.5/10)
♡ A Rosebud by My Early Walk. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Birks of Aberfeldy. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast. (8/10)
♡ O Whistle an' I'll Come to Ye, My Lad. (7.5/10)
♡ Of a' The Airts The Wind Can Blaw. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Tam Glen. (8/10)
♡♡♡ My Bonnie Mary (The Silver Tassie). (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Country Lassie. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Bonie Lass o' Ballochmyle. (8/10)
♡ I'm O'er Young to Marry yet. (7/10)
♡ Duncan Gray. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Green Grow the Rashes. (8/10)
♡ I'll Ay Ca' in by Yon Town. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes. (8/10)
♡ Willie Wastle. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ My Heart's in the Highlands. (9/10)
♡♡♡ There was a Lad. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ John Barleycorn: A Ballad. (9/10)
♡ Willie Brew'd a Peck o' Maut. (7/10)
♡ The Deil's awa' wi' the Exciseman. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Man's a Man for a' That (Is There for Honest Poverty). (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Auld Lang Syne. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ McPherson's Farewell. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Robert Bruce's Address to His Troops at Bannockburn (Scots Wha Hae). (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots, on the Approach of Spring. (8/10)
♡ The Braes o' Killiecrankie. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation. (8.5/10)
♡ Charlie, He's My Darling. (7/10)
♡ Paraphrase of the First Psalm. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The First Six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Prayer, in the Prospect of Death. (8/10)
♡ Prayer, under the Pressure of Violent Anguish. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Homeric Hymns by Various Anonymous (translated by Thelma Sargent) (/10):
♡♡♡ To Dionysos (A Fragment). (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Demeter. (9/10)
♡♡♡ To Delian Apollo. (8/10)
♡♡♡ To Pythian Apollo. (8/10)
♡♡♡ To Hermes. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Aphrodite. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):☼
♡ To Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Arthur Guiterman. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To an Undiscerning Critic. (8.5/10)
☼ --> Not only poetry included in compendium, but only poetry listed here.
GRAPHIC NOVELS:
♥♥♥ Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman, and Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Buffy Omnibus 1 by Various. (8.5/10):☁
♡♡♡ All's Fair by Christopher Golden and Eric Powell. (8/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (7/10)
♥ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (7.5/10)
♥ Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (7.5/10)
♥ Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (8/10)
♥ Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (8/10)
♥ Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Tintin in America by Hergé. (8/10)
♥ Cigars of the Pharaoh (Tintin in the Orient) by Hergé. (7.5/10)
♥ The Blue Lotus by Hergé. (7.5/10)
♥ The Broken Ear by Hergé. (7.5/10)
♥ The Black Island by Hergé. (8.5/10)
♥ King Ottokar's Sceptre by Hergé. (8/10)
♥ Prisoners of the Sun by Hergé. (8/10)
♥ Land of Black Gold by Hergé. (7/10)
♥ The Calculus Affair by Hergé. (8/10)
♥ The Castafiore Emerald by Hergé. (7.5/10)
♥ Flight 714 by Hergé. (7.5/10)
♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 1 by Various. (7/10):✿
♡ Sugarshock! by Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon. (7/10)
♡ Sock Monkey by Tony Millionaire. (6/10)
♡♡♡ A Circuit Closed by Ezra Claytan Daniels. (8/10)
♡ The Comic Con Murder Case by Rick Geary. (5/10)
♡ Safe & Sound by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. (6/10)
♡♡♡ Founding Fathers Funnies by Peter Bagge. (8/10)
♡ Gear School by Adam Gallardo and Núria Peris. (7/10)
♡ Samurai, Heaven and Earth: The Forest by Ron Marz and Luke Ross. (7.5/10)
♡ Übermensch by Adam Warren. (7/10)
♡ Random Bones by Chris Grine. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Nocturnal Adventures of Scratch and Suck by Steve Niles and Brian Churilla. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Tricks of the Trade by Brodie H. Brockie and Katie Cook. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Axeman by Haden Blackman and Cary Nord. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Christmas Spirit: A Strange Tale of the Season by Mike Mignola and Guy Davis. (8/10)
♡ Eat the Walls by Matthew Bernier. (7.5/10)
♡ Fear Agent: Nothing to Fear by Rick Remender and Kieron Dwyer. (6.5/10)
--♡ The Goon Chapter One: The Big Blue Note by The Fillbäch Brothers. (7/10)
--♡ The Goon Chapter Two: Bogged Down at Bush Street by Rebecca Sugar and Frans Boukas. (7/10)
--♡ The Goon Chapter Three: A Reasonable Amount of Trouble by Rebecca Sugar and Frans Boukas. (7/10)
--♡ The Goon Chapter Four: Enter the Pecker by Bob Fingerman. (8/10)
♥♥♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 2 by Various. (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Captain Hammer: Be Like Me! by Zach Whedon and Eric Canete. (7.5/10)
♡ The Umbrella Academy: Anywhere but Here by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Retro Rockets Go! by Ian Edginton and I.N.J. Culbard. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Wonder Twins Activate! by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. (7/10)
♡ Milk and Cheese: Fur Suit of Crappiness! by Evan Dorkin. (5/10)
♡ Ann Romano: Gossip Whore by Ann Romano and Paul Lee. (5.5/10)
♡♡♡ Ransom! A Wondermark Tale by David Malki. (8.5/10)
♡ A Going Concern by John Arcudi and Steven Young. (7.5/10)
♡ Hobo Fet by The Brothers Matkinson and Jon Adams. (6/10)
♡♡♡ Manga by Gilbert Hernandez. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Jared by Ilias Kyriazis. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ How to Heal a Broken Heart by Tara McPherson. (7.5/10)
♡ Rex Mundi: Frailty by Arvid Nelson and Juan Ferreyra. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Nothinest by Jason Graham. (8/10)
-~♡♡♡ Criminal Macabre: The Creepy Tree by Steve Niles and Kyle Hotz. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ B.P.R.D.: Revival by John Arcudi and Guy Davis. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A+ by Nate Piekos and Jeff Wamester. (8/10)
♡ Legion of Blood: The Messenger by Francisco Ruiz Velasso. (7/10)
-~♡ Criminal Macabre: The Trouble with Brains by Steve Niles and Kyle Hotz. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ Adventures of Two-Gun Bob by Jim & Ruth Keegan. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Sailor Steve Costigan by Joe Casey and Pop Mhan. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Solomon Kane: The Nightcomers by Scott Allie and Mario Guevara. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Conan: Trophy by Tim & Ben Truman and Marian Churchland. (8/10)
♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 3 by Various. (7/10):
♡♡♡ Witchfinder: Murderous Intent by Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck. (7.5/10)
♡ I See the Devil in My Sleep by Becky Cloonan. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Creepy: Meet the Creepys by Dan Braun and Jeff Preston. (7.5/10)
♡ The Cleaners: The Body Colony by Mark Wheaton and Rahsan Ekedal. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Stain by Josh Dysart and Ron Wimberly. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Creepy: Om Nom Nom! by Andrew Mayer and Lukas Ketner. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Previously Possessed by Sarah Oleksyk. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Nightmare of the Wine Hobo by Jamaica Dyer. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Hunger for Knowledge by Colleen Frakes. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Usagi Yojimbo: Saya by Stan Sakai. (8/10)
♡ Beanworld in ? and ! by Larry Marder. (3/10)
♡ The Famous Mysterious Actor in The Couch Fort by Famous Mysterious Actor and Todd Herman. (3/10)
♡ Achewood: One-Dollar Genius by Chris Onstad. (4/10)
♡ President Carter and Kenny in The Best Job in the World by Brian Sendelbach. (6/10)
♡ Nothing Nice to Say: Getting Hip! by Brian Sendelbach. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ The K Chronicles by Keith Knight. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Steak & Kidney Punch by Liz Greenfield. (7.5/10)
♡ Applegeeks: Robro by Ananth Panagariya. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Mister K in Slumberland by Dean Motter. (8/10)
♡ Serenity: The Other Half by Jim Krueger and Will Conrad. (7/10)
♡ Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Harmony Bites by Jane Espenson. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Vampy Cat Play Friend by Steven S. DeKnight. (8/10)
♡ Moist: Humidity Rising by Zach Whedon and Farel Dalrymple. (6/10)
♥♥♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 4 by Various. (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Always Darkest by Joss Whedon and Jo Chen. (8/10)
♡ Rapture by Taki Soma and Michael Avon Oeming. (7/10)
♡ Dreamstar by Gilbert Hernandez. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Penny: Keep Your Head Up by Zack Whedon and Jim Rugg. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Martha by Dave Chisholm. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Day at the Zoo by Carolyn Main. (8/10)
♡ Em and Gwen: Magic Spell by Farel Dalrymple. (7.5/10)
♡ Flower Mecha by Angie Wong. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Secret Files of the Giant Man in Paris by Matt Kindt. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Tickets by Mike Lawrence. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Piper's Pet by Nicholas Kole. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Face of Evil by Tory Novikova. (8/10)
♡♡♡ R.J. Jr.: The Dragon's Librarian by Alec Longstreth. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Origin of Man by Kate Beaton. (7.5/10)
♡ An Early Sunset by Joseph Lambert. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Catch!: A Wondermark Tale by David Malki. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Sinfest: Street Poetry by Tatsuya Ishida. (8/10)
♡ Achewood: The Garage Sale by Chris Onstad. (4/10)
♡ Werewolves on the Moon: Versus Vampires - Bad Blood by Dave Land and the Fillbach Brothers. (7/10)
♡ The Goon and Ann Romano: Hone Dishin' by Ann Romano and Kristian Donaldson. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Marquis and the Coachman by Guy Davis. (8/10)
♡♡♡ And What Shall I Find There? by Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart, and Patric Reynolds. (8/10)
♡ Star Wars: Dark Times - Blue Harvest by Mick Harrison and Douglas Wheatley. (7/10)
♥♥♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 5 by Various. (7.5/10):
♡ Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Harmony Comes to the Nation by Jane Espenson and Karl Moline. (6.5/10)
♡ The Guild by Felicia Day, and Jim Rugg and Juan Ferreyra. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Gax of Life: A Wondermark Tale by David Malki!. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Here Comes Suzy Snowflake by Jill Thompson. (8.5/10)
♡ Exurbia: No Return by Scott Allie and Kevin McGovern. (7/10)
♡ Going to Work by Jesse Reklaw. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Scraps by Matt Sundstrom. (8.5/10)
♡ Our Boarding House by Rick Geary. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Antlers by Roman Muradov. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Secret Files of the Giant Man in Egypt by Matt Kindt. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Dalton: Promise Kept by Adam Gallardo and Todd Demong. (7.5/10)
♡ Duke Armstrong: The World's Mightiest Golfer by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca, and Jim Rugg. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Horror Robber by Damon Gentry and Aaron Conley. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Callie Eats Feathers by Ananth Panagariya and Yuko Ota. (9/10)
♡ Numeat by Cody Goodfellow and Jeff Wamester. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Groo: The Hogs of Horder by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier. (7.5/10)
♡ Mister X: The Vanishing Breed by Dean Motter. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Mens Iniuria in Corpore Sano by John Arcudi. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Solomon Kane: All the Damned Souls at Sea by Scott Allie and Guy Davis. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Conan and the Mad King of Gaul by Darick Robertson. (8/10)
♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 6 by Various. (7/10):
♡ Mass Effect: Incursion by Mac Walters and Eduardo Francisco. (6/10)
♡ Con-CERNed by LeVar Burton and Mark Wolfe, and David Hahn. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Rick Shambles is Forever Adrift by Frank Stockton. (7.5/10)
♡ Meteor Mite by Art Baltazar. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Grimmiss Island by Art Baltazar. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Chiptie Butternut: The Fastest Squirrel in the Whurld!!! by Scott Morse. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Hen and the Door-to-Door Ogre Salesman by Andi Watson. (7.5/10)
♡ Beanworld by Larry Marder. (5/10)
♡♡♡ Usagi Yojimbo: Cut the Plum by Stan Sakai. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Tobb: The Sling! by Ron Chan. (8/10)
♡ Las Primas Controla by Maime Hernandez. (6.5/10)
♡ Bee in... the Ramble by Jason Little. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ Love Note by Graham Annable. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Giant Man in the Philippines by Matt Kindt. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Fiction by Gabriel Bá. (8.5/10)
-♡♡♡ Brody's Ghost: The Scene of the Crime by Mark Crilley. (7.5/10)
-♡ Brody's Ghost: The Midnight Train by Mark Crilley. (7.5/10)
-♡♡♡ Brody's Ghost: The Test by Mark Crilley. (8/10)
-♡ Brody's Ghost: The Big Game by Mark Crilley. (7.5/10)
♡ S.H.O.O.T. First: The Wooden Saint by Justin Aclin and Ben Bates. (7/10)
♡♡♡ In Fetu by Simon Spurrier and Christopher Mitten. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tale of the Vampires - Carpe Noctem by Jackie Kessler and Paul Lee. (7.5/10)
♡ Englouorioues Mask-tards! by Evan Dorkin and Hilary Barta. (5.5/10)
☁ --> Not all books/stories in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
✿ --> A series of short story collections, wherein the short stories themselves are primarily independent of each other or stories within other volumes (with a few exceptions).
PREVIOUS YEARS:
2009-2010/ 2010/ 2011/ 2012/ 2013/ 2014/ 2015
~The image I use is the edition I read.
♥♥♥ = Personal favourites I recommend.
NON-FICTION:
♥♥♥ Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Like Shaking Hands With God: A Conversation About Writing by Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ History's Worst Decisions, And the People Who Made Them (Illustrated Edition) by Stephen Weir. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Supernatural Horror in Literature by H. P. Lovecraft. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):
♡♡♡ Introduction. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Prefaces. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Some Personalia About Mr Sherlock Holmes. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Sherlock Holmes on the Screen (8/10):
♡♡♡ Conan Doyle's Speech at the Stoll Convention Dinner. (8.5/10)
♡ Sherlock Holmes Replies (in the person of Eille Norwood). (7.5/10)
FICTION:
~~~Novels:
♥♥♥ I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima. (8/10)
♥♥♥ A Room With a View by E.M. Forster. (9/10)
♥ The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. (6.5/10)
♥ Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. (7.5/10)
♥ Royal Wedding by Meg Cabot. (6.5/10)♧
♥ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. (6/10)
♥♥♥ The Search for Happiness by Charlotte Brontë. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Red and the Black by Stendhal. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Carrie by Stephen King. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. (8.5/10)♧
♥♥♥ Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Shadow Out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks. (8/10)
♥ Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. (7.5/10)
♥ Deenie by Judy Blume. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín. (8/10)
♥♥♥ A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Godfather by Mario Puzo. (8.5/10)♧
♧ --> Part of a series, but the only book from it read this year.
Series and Sequeled Works:
(titles listed here only if other books in the series read in the same year)
♥ The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. (7.5/10)
♥ Legion by William Peter Blatty. (4/10)
♥♥♥ Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10)☁
♥ Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10)
♥ Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery. (7.5/10)**
♥ Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10)
♥ The Blythes Are Quoted by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10)**
♥♥♥ Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. (9/10)
♥ Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott. (7.5/10)
♥ Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out by Louisa May Alcott. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien. (7.5/10)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien. (8.5/10)
♥ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester. (8.5/10)
♥ Hornblower and the Hand of Destiny by C.S. Forester. (7.5/10)**
♥ Hornblower and the Widow McCool by C.S. Forester. (7.5/10)**
♥♥♥ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. (8/10)☁
♥ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling. (8.5/10)
♥ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. (9/10)
♥ The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling. (8.5/10)**
♥ Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp (J.K. Rowling). (7.5/10)
♥ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander (J.K. Rowling). (8.5/10)
♥ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany. (7.5/10)**
♥ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling. (8.5/10)**
♥♥♥ Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne. (9/10)
♥ The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne. (10/10)
♥ Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus. (7.5/10)✖
♥♥♥ The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8.5/10)
♥ The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10)
♥ Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. (3.5/10)
♥ New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. (3/10)
** --> Short stories/plays chronicled here for the purpose of listing series continuity. (Refer to the Short Stories header below for break-down of individual stories.)
☁ --> Not all books in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
✖ --> An authorized sequel.
~~~Short Stories:
♥♥♥ The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick. (8/10):
♡♡♡ Autofac. (8/10)
♡ Service Call. (7.5/10)
♡ Captive Market. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Mold of Yancy. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Minority Report. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Recall Mechanism. (8.5/10)
♡ The Unreconstructed M. (7.5/10)
♡ Explorers We. (7/10)
♡♡♡ War Game. (8/10)
♡♡♡ If There Were No Benny Cemoli. (8.5/10)
♡ Novelty Act. (7.5/10)
♡ Waterspider. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ What the Dead Men Say. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Orpheus with Clay Feet. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ In The Days of Perky Pat. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Oh, To Be a Blobel!. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (7.5/10):
♡ Aunt Cynthia's Persian Cat. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Materializing of Cecil. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Her Father's Daughter. (8.5/10)
♡ Jane's Baby. (7/10)
♡ The Dream-Child. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Brother Who Failed (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Return of Hester. (8/10)
♡ The Little Brown Book of Miss Emily. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Sara's Way. (7.5/10)
♡ The Son of His Mother (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Education of Betty. (7.5/10)
♡ Her Selfless Mood. (7/10)
♡ The Conscience Case of David Bell. (6/10)
♡ Only a Common Fellow. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Tannis of the Flats. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Haunter of the Dark and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft.☁ (8/10):
♡♡♡ Polaris. (8/10)
♡ Celephaïs. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Other Gods. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Shunned House. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Horror of Red Hook. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Pickman's Model. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Strange High House in the Mist. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Colour Out of Space. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The History of the Necronomicon. (9/10)
♥♥♥ In the Bedroom by Andre Dubus (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Killings. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Winter Father. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Rose. (8.5/10)
♡ The Fat Girl. (6/10)
♡ Delivering. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Father's Story. (8/10)
♡ All the Time in the World. (7/10)
♥ Selected Tales and Sketches by Nathaniel Hawthorne (/10):
♡ The Hollow of the Three Hills. (7.5/10)
♡ Sir William Phips. (6/10)
♡ Mrs. Hutchinson. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Wives of the Dead. (7.5/10)
♡ My Kinsman, Major Molineux. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Roger Malvin's Burial. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor (7.5/10): ☁
♡ The Comforts of Home. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Lame Shall Enter First. (8.5/10)
♡ Revelation. (7.5/10)
♡ Parker's Back. (7.5/10)
♡ Judgement Day. (7/10)
♥ Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker: ☁
♡ Travelogue. (7.5)
♡♡♡ Little Curtis. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Sexes. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural (compiled) by Mary Giraudo Beck (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ How Kaka Won Land Otter Power. (7.5/10)
♡ The Challenge. (6/10)
♡ Land Otter Sister. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Revenge. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Dead Man's Bride. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Ldaxin the Skeptic. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Xat and the Feather Kite. (7.5/10)
♡ The Owl Woman. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Love Charm. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Blythes Are Quoted by L.M. Montgomery (8/10): ☼
♡ Some Fools and a Saint. (7.5/10)
♡ An Afternoon with Mr. Jenkins. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Retribution. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Twins Pretend. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Fancy's Fool. (8/10)
♡♡♡ A Dream Comes True. (7.5/10)
♡ Penelope Struts Her Theories. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Reconciliation. (8/10)
♡♡♡ A Cheated Child. (8/10)
♡ Fool's Errand. (6.5/10)
♡ The Pot and the Kettle. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Brother Beware. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Here Comes the Bride. (8/10)
♡♡♡ A Commonplace Woman. (9/10)
♡ The Road to Yesterday. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (8.5/10):
♡♡♡ The Wizard and the Hopping Pot. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Fountain of Fair Fortune. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Warlock's Hairy Heart. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Tale of the Three Brothers. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl. (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Skin. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):☼☁
♡♡♡ The Field Bazaar. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ How Watson Learned the Trick. (8/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Aylmer Vance: Ghost-Seer by Alice & Claude Askew (8/10):☁
♡♡♡ The Fire Unquenchable. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Vampire. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Boy of Blackstock. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Indissoluble Bond. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Fear. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Adrian Mole's Royal Wedding Diary by Sue Townsend. (8/10)
♥ How to Write a Bestseller by Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Haunter of the Dark and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft. (8/10):☁
♡♡♡ The Statement of Randolph Carter. (7.5/10)
♡ The Unnamable. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Silver Key. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick. (8/10):
♡ Stand-By. (7/10)
♡♡♡ What'll We Do with Ragland Park? (7.5/10)
☁ --> Not all stories in the compendium listed, as some have been read in previous years or are still to be finished.
☼ --> Not only short stories included in the compendium, but only short stories listed here.
~~~Plays:
♥♥♥ An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. (9/10)
♥ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee. (7/10)
♥♥♥ All My Sons by Arthur Miller. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):☼☁
♡♡♡ The Stonor Case. (8/10)
♡ The Crown Diamond. (7/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany. (7.5/10)
♥ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling. (8.5/10)
☼ --> Not only plays included in compendium, but only plays listed here.
☁ --> Not all books in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
POETRY:
♥♥♥ The Cat and the Wizard by Dennis Lee and Gillian Johnson. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Blythes Are Quoted by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10): ☼
♡ The Piper. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ I Wish You. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Old Path Round the Shore. (8/10)
♡ Guest Room in the Country. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The New House. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Robin Vespers. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Night. (9/10)
♡ Man and Woman. (7/10)
♡ There is a House I Love. (7/10)
♡ Sea Song. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To a Desired Friend. (8.5/10)
♡ Midsummer Day. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Remembered. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Farewell to an Old Room. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Haunted Room. (8/10)
♡ Song of Winter. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Success. (8/10)
♡ The Gate of Dream. (7/10)
♡♡♡ An Old Face. (7.5/10)
♡ Interlude. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Come, Let Us Go. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A June Day. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Wind of Autumn. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Wild Places. (7.5/10)
♡ For Its Own Sake. (7/10)
♡ The Change. (7/10)
♡♡♡ I know. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Wind. (8/10)
♡ The Bride Dreams. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ May Song. (8/10)
♡ The Parting Soul. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ My House. (8/10)
♡ Memories. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Canadian Twilight. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Oh, We Will Walk with Spring Today. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Grief. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Room. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ I Want. (8/10)
♡ The Pilgrim. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Spring Song. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Aftermath. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde. (10/10)
♥♥♥ Feng, A Poem by John Wain. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Fungi from Yuggoth by H.P. Lovecraft. (9/10)
♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 3 by Various. (7/10): ☼
♡♡♡ Emily the Strange: She Moves in the Dark by Kitty Remington and Buzz Parker. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Classic Poems by Robert Burns. (8.5/10):
♡♡♡ To a Mountain Daisy, on Turning One Down with the Plough. (8.5/10).
♡♡♡ To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Cotter's Saturday Night. (8.5/10)
♡ Address to a Haggis. (7/10)
♡♡♡ To a Louse, on Seeing One on a Lady's Bonnet at Church. (8/10)
♡♡♡ On Seeing a Wounded Hare Limp by Me, which a Fellow had Just Shot. (7.5/10)
♡ Address to the Tooth-ache. (6.5/10)
♡ Address to the Deil. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Tam o' Shanter, A Tale. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Address to the Unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous. (8/10)
♡ Holy Willie's Prayer. (7.5/10)
♡ Epitaph on Holy Willie. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Address to Edinburgh. (9.5/10)
♡ Mary Morison. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Ae Fond Kiss. (8/10)
♡♡♡ My Luve is like a Red, Red Rose. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Sweet Afton. (8.5/10)
♡ John Anderson My Jo. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Highland Mary. (8/10)
♡ The Banks o' Doon. (7.5/10)
♡ A Rosebud by My Early Walk. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Birks of Aberfeldy. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast. (8/10)
♡ O Whistle an' I'll Come to Ye, My Lad. (7.5/10)
♡ Of a' The Airts The Wind Can Blaw. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Tam Glen. (8/10)
♡♡♡ My Bonnie Mary (The Silver Tassie). (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Country Lassie. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Bonie Lass o' Ballochmyle. (8/10)
♡ I'm O'er Young to Marry yet. (7/10)
♡ Duncan Gray. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Green Grow the Rashes. (8/10)
♡ I'll Ay Ca' in by Yon Town. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes. (8/10)
♡ Willie Wastle. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ My Heart's in the Highlands. (9/10)
♡♡♡ There was a Lad. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ John Barleycorn: A Ballad. (9/10)
♡ Willie Brew'd a Peck o' Maut. (7/10)
♡ The Deil's awa' wi' the Exciseman. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Man's a Man for a' That (Is There for Honest Poverty). (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Auld Lang Syne. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ McPherson's Farewell. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Robert Bruce's Address to His Troops at Bannockburn (Scots Wha Hae). (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots, on the Approach of Spring. (8/10)
♡ The Braes o' Killiecrankie. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation. (8.5/10)
♡ Charlie, He's My Darling. (7/10)
♡ Paraphrase of the First Psalm. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The First Six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Prayer, in the Prospect of Death. (8/10)
♡ Prayer, under the Pressure of Violent Anguish. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Homeric Hymns by Various Anonymous (translated by Thelma Sargent) (/10):
♡♡♡ To Dionysos (A Fragment). (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Demeter. (9/10)
♡♡♡ To Delian Apollo. (8/10)
♡♡♡ To Pythian Apollo. (8/10)
♡♡♡ To Hermes. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ To Aphrodite. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10):☼
♡ To Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Arthur Guiterman. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ To an Undiscerning Critic. (8.5/10)
☼ --> Not only poetry included in compendium, but only poetry listed here.
GRAPHIC NOVELS:
♥♥♥ Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman, and Chris Bachalo and Mark Buckingham. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Buffy Omnibus 1 by Various. (8.5/10):☁
♡♡♡ All's Fair by Christopher Golden and Eric Powell. (8/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (7/10)
♥ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (7.5/10)
♥ Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (7.5/10)
♥ Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (8/10)
♥ Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (8/10)
♥ Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Tintin in America by Hergé. (8/10)
♥ Cigars of the Pharaoh (Tintin in the Orient) by Hergé. (7.5/10)
♥ The Blue Lotus by Hergé. (7.5/10)
♥ The Broken Ear by Hergé. (7.5/10)
♥ The Black Island by Hergé. (8.5/10)
♥ King Ottokar's Sceptre by Hergé. (8/10)
♥ Prisoners of the Sun by Hergé. (8/10)
♥ Land of Black Gold by Hergé. (7/10)
♥ The Calculus Affair by Hergé. (8/10)
♥ The Castafiore Emerald by Hergé. (7.5/10)
♥ Flight 714 by Hergé. (7.5/10)
♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 1 by Various. (7/10):✿
♡ Sugarshock! by Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon. (7/10)
♡ Sock Monkey by Tony Millionaire. (6/10)
♡♡♡ A Circuit Closed by Ezra Claytan Daniels. (8/10)
♡ The Comic Con Murder Case by Rick Geary. (5/10)
♡ Safe & Sound by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. (6/10)
♡♡♡ Founding Fathers Funnies by Peter Bagge. (8/10)
♡ Gear School by Adam Gallardo and Núria Peris. (7/10)
♡ Samurai, Heaven and Earth: The Forest by Ron Marz and Luke Ross. (7.5/10)
♡ Übermensch by Adam Warren. (7/10)
♡ Random Bones by Chris Grine. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Nocturnal Adventures of Scratch and Suck by Steve Niles and Brian Churilla. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Tricks of the Trade by Brodie H. Brockie and Katie Cook. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Axeman by Haden Blackman and Cary Nord. (9/10)
♡♡♡ The Christmas Spirit: A Strange Tale of the Season by Mike Mignola and Guy Davis. (8/10)
♡ Eat the Walls by Matthew Bernier. (7.5/10)
♡ Fear Agent: Nothing to Fear by Rick Remender and Kieron Dwyer. (6.5/10)
--♡ The Goon Chapter One: The Big Blue Note by The Fillbäch Brothers. (7/10)
--♡ The Goon Chapter Two: Bogged Down at Bush Street by Rebecca Sugar and Frans Boukas. (7/10)
--♡ The Goon Chapter Three: A Reasonable Amount of Trouble by Rebecca Sugar and Frans Boukas. (7/10)
--♡ The Goon Chapter Four: Enter the Pecker by Bob Fingerman. (8/10)
♥♥♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 2 by Various. (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Captain Hammer: Be Like Me! by Zach Whedon and Eric Canete. (7.5/10)
♡ The Umbrella Academy: Anywhere but Here by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Retro Rockets Go! by Ian Edginton and I.N.J. Culbard. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Wonder Twins Activate! by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. (7/10)
♡ Milk and Cheese: Fur Suit of Crappiness! by Evan Dorkin. (5/10)
♡ Ann Romano: Gossip Whore by Ann Romano and Paul Lee. (5.5/10)
♡♡♡ Ransom! A Wondermark Tale by David Malki. (8.5/10)
♡ A Going Concern by John Arcudi and Steven Young. (7.5/10)
♡ Hobo Fet by The Brothers Matkinson and Jon Adams. (6/10)
♡♡♡ Manga by Gilbert Hernandez. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Jared by Ilias Kyriazis. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ How to Heal a Broken Heart by Tara McPherson. (7.5/10)
♡ Rex Mundi: Frailty by Arvid Nelson and Juan Ferreyra. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Nothinest by Jason Graham. (8/10)
-~♡♡♡ Criminal Macabre: The Creepy Tree by Steve Niles and Kyle Hotz. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ B.P.R.D.: Revival by John Arcudi and Guy Davis. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A+ by Nate Piekos and Jeff Wamester. (8/10)
♡ Legion of Blood: The Messenger by Francisco Ruiz Velasso. (7/10)
-~♡ Criminal Macabre: The Trouble with Brains by Steve Niles and Kyle Hotz. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ Adventures of Two-Gun Bob by Jim & Ruth Keegan. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Sailor Steve Costigan by Joe Casey and Pop Mhan. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Solomon Kane: The Nightcomers by Scott Allie and Mario Guevara. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Conan: Trophy by Tim & Ben Truman and Marian Churchland. (8/10)
♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 3 by Various. (7/10):
♡♡♡ Witchfinder: Murderous Intent by Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck. (7.5/10)
♡ I See the Devil in My Sleep by Becky Cloonan. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Creepy: Meet the Creepys by Dan Braun and Jeff Preston. (7.5/10)
♡ The Cleaners: The Body Colony by Mark Wheaton and Rahsan Ekedal. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Stain by Josh Dysart and Ron Wimberly. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Creepy: Om Nom Nom! by Andrew Mayer and Lukas Ketner. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Previously Possessed by Sarah Oleksyk. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Nightmare of the Wine Hobo by Jamaica Dyer. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Hunger for Knowledge by Colleen Frakes. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Usagi Yojimbo: Saya by Stan Sakai. (8/10)
♡ Beanworld in ? and ! by Larry Marder. (3/10)
♡ The Famous Mysterious Actor in The Couch Fort by Famous Mysterious Actor and Todd Herman. (3/10)
♡ Achewood: One-Dollar Genius by Chris Onstad. (4/10)
♡ President Carter and Kenny in The Best Job in the World by Brian Sendelbach. (6/10)
♡ Nothing Nice to Say: Getting Hip! by Brian Sendelbach. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ The K Chronicles by Keith Knight. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Steak & Kidney Punch by Liz Greenfield. (7.5/10)
♡ Applegeeks: Robro by Ananth Panagariya. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Mister K in Slumberland by Dean Motter. (8/10)
♡ Serenity: The Other Half by Jim Krueger and Will Conrad. (7/10)
♡ Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Harmony Bites by Jane Espenson. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Vampy Cat Play Friend by Steven S. DeKnight. (8/10)
♡ Moist: Humidity Rising by Zach Whedon and Farel Dalrymple. (6/10)
♥♥♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 4 by Various. (7.5/10):
♡♡♡ Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Always Darkest by Joss Whedon and Jo Chen. (8/10)
♡ Rapture by Taki Soma and Michael Avon Oeming. (7/10)
♡ Dreamstar by Gilbert Hernandez. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Penny: Keep Your Head Up by Zack Whedon and Jim Rugg. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Martha by Dave Chisholm. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ A Day at the Zoo by Carolyn Main. (8/10)
♡ Em and Gwen: Magic Spell by Farel Dalrymple. (7.5/10)
♡ Flower Mecha by Angie Wong. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Secret Files of the Giant Man in Paris by Matt Kindt. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Tickets by Mike Lawrence. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Piper's Pet by Nicholas Kole. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Face of Evil by Tory Novikova. (8/10)
♡♡♡ R.J. Jr.: The Dragon's Librarian by Alec Longstreth. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Origin of Man by Kate Beaton. (7.5/10)
♡ An Early Sunset by Joseph Lambert. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Catch!: A Wondermark Tale by David Malki. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Sinfest: Street Poetry by Tatsuya Ishida. (8/10)
♡ Achewood: The Garage Sale by Chris Onstad. (4/10)
♡ Werewolves on the Moon: Versus Vampires - Bad Blood by Dave Land and the Fillbach Brothers. (7/10)
♡ The Goon and Ann Romano: Hone Dishin' by Ann Romano and Kristian Donaldson. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Marquis and the Coachman by Guy Davis. (8/10)
♡♡♡ And What Shall I Find There? by Mike Mignola and Joshua Dysart, and Patric Reynolds. (8/10)
♡ Star Wars: Dark Times - Blue Harvest by Mick Harrison and Douglas Wheatley. (7/10)
♥♥♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 5 by Various. (7.5/10):
♡ Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Harmony Comes to the Nation by Jane Espenson and Karl Moline. (6.5/10)
♡ The Guild by Felicia Day, and Jim Rugg and Juan Ferreyra. (7/10)
♡♡♡ The Gax of Life: A Wondermark Tale by David Malki!. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Here Comes Suzy Snowflake by Jill Thompson. (8.5/10)
♡ Exurbia: No Return by Scott Allie and Kevin McGovern. (7/10)
♡ Going to Work by Jesse Reklaw. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Scraps by Matt Sundstrom. (8.5/10)
♡ Our Boarding House by Rick Geary. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Antlers by Roman Muradov. (8/10)
♡♡♡ The Secret Files of the Giant Man in Egypt by Matt Kindt. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Dalton: Promise Kept by Adam Gallardo and Todd Demong. (7.5/10)
♡ Duke Armstrong: The World's Mightiest Golfer by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca, and Jim Rugg. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ The Horror Robber by Damon Gentry and Aaron Conley. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Callie Eats Feathers by Ananth Panagariya and Yuko Ota. (9/10)
♡ Numeat by Cody Goodfellow and Jeff Wamester. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Groo: The Hogs of Horder by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier. (7.5/10)
♡ Mister X: The Vanishing Breed by Dean Motter. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Mens Iniuria in Corpore Sano by John Arcudi. (8.5/10)
♡♡♡ Solomon Kane: All the Damned Souls at Sea by Scott Allie and Guy Davis. (9/10)
♡♡♡ Conan and the Mad King of Gaul by Darick Robertson. (8/10)
♥ MySpace Dark Horse Present Volume 6 by Various. (7/10):
♡ Mass Effect: Incursion by Mac Walters and Eduardo Francisco. (6/10)
♡ Con-CERNed by LeVar Burton and Mark Wolfe, and David Hahn. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Rick Shambles is Forever Adrift by Frank Stockton. (7.5/10)
♡ Meteor Mite by Art Baltazar. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Grimmiss Island by Art Baltazar. (7/10)
♡♡♡ Chiptie Butternut: The Fastest Squirrel in the Whurld!!! by Scott Morse. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Hen and the Door-to-Door Ogre Salesman by Andi Watson. (7.5/10)
♡ Beanworld by Larry Marder. (5/10)
♡♡♡ Usagi Yojimbo: Cut the Plum by Stan Sakai. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Tobb: The Sling! by Ron Chan. (8/10)
♡ Las Primas Controla by Maime Hernandez. (6.5/10)
♡ Bee in... the Ramble by Jason Little. (6.5/10)
♡♡♡ Love Note by Graham Annable. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Giant Man in the Philippines by Matt Kindt. (8/10)
♡♡♡ Fiction by Gabriel Bá. (8.5/10)
-♡♡♡ Brody's Ghost: The Scene of the Crime by Mark Crilley. (7.5/10)
-♡ Brody's Ghost: The Midnight Train by Mark Crilley. (7.5/10)
-♡♡♡ Brody's Ghost: The Test by Mark Crilley. (8/10)
-♡ Brody's Ghost: The Big Game by Mark Crilley. (7.5/10)
♡ S.H.O.O.T. First: The Wooden Saint by Justin Aclin and Ben Bates. (7/10)
♡♡♡ In Fetu by Simon Spurrier and Christopher Mitten. (7.5/10)
♡♡♡ Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tale of the Vampires - Carpe Noctem by Jackie Kessler and Paul Lee. (7.5/10)
♡ Englouorioues Mask-tards! by Evan Dorkin and Hilary Barta. (5.5/10)
☁ --> Not all books/stories in the series listed, as some have been read in previous years, or are still to be finished.
✿ --> A series of short story collections, wherein the short stories themselves are primarily independent of each other or stories within other volumes (with a few exceptions).
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